Republican presidential candidate Jon Huntsman pointed out a crucial contrast between his campaign and that of Texas Gov. Rick Perry: their entourages.

As CNN reports, the former Obama administration diplomat and former Utah governor joked in New Hampshire today that while Perry has a group of Texas Rangers who provide him security as he travels the country, his one-person entourage is impressive too.

“I might not have the Texas Rangers here. I might not have a large entourage,” Huntsman said, according to CNN. “But I did bring a secret weapon that nobody else has, and that’s the finest human being I’ve ever known over 28 years, my wife Mary Kaye Huntsman.”

Asked by reporters later about that “swipe,” Huntsman said: “That wasn’t much of a swipe. Rick’s a friend. I didn’t agree with what he said about the Federal Reserve chairman. That was a little bit inappropriate and out there.”